Residential Property

If you are moving house, making major improvements to your current property or being affected by another party’s plans, you’ll need a fast, effective legal team to act on your behalf.

The property experts at Hayes + Storr have a broad range of skills and experience and are ready to offer you a complete service. We have specialists in the following areas:

Conveyancing (buying or selling property)

Freehold Properties

Leases and Leasehold Properties

Tenancy Agreements / Licenses

Joint Ownership

Declarations of Trusts

Shared ownership Properties

Co-habitation agreements

Easements Rights Covenants and Obligations affecting Property

Mortgages

Equity Release

Taxation

Option Agreements

Clawback or Overage Agreements

Planning issues

Boundary Issues

The Land Registry Practice and Procedure

Buying

Buying a property is a major investment, probably the biggest one you will make in your life. Therefore it is essential that you get it right. Our dedicated conveyancing team is here to assist you and help ease the stress often associated with buying and selling.

We offer free, no-obligation estimates and competitive fees, so you can be confident you’re getting good value. Most importantly of all, we take your deadline seriously, using the latest technology to make sure we get you moving fast.

At Hayes + Storr we know the pressures and frustrations that are often experienced by would be buyers. We aim to provide a fast and efficient service to guide you through the entire process keeping you up to date with progress throughout by a method that suits you i.e. email, mobile or by letter.

The ways in which we can help are:

Sharing our detailed knowledge and experience of the area

Explaining the process so that you fully understand what is involved

Going through your mortgage offer with you

Ensuring you get good title to the property

Synchronising your sale and purchase on a date that is convenient to you

Ensuring that we obtain all important documents relating to the property

Dealing with Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registration processes after you have moved

A detailed example of the service we provide in relation to a Freehold purchase together with a sample cost estimate can be found here, for a Leasehold purchase please click here.

Selling

When you have made the decision to move, contact us straight away. Our specialists will be on hand to answer any queries you may have and will assist you in all aspects of the sale including:

Liaising with the Estate Agents

Preparing all the necessary legal documentation

Dealing with enquiries raised by the buyers

Acting for your mortgage company in redeeming your mortgage

Providing good local contacts for all your practical needs

A detailed example of the service we provide in relation to a Freehold sale together with a sample cost estimate can be found here, for a Leasehold sale please click here.

Thinking of re-mortgaging your property

Whichever bank or building society you choose, we offer a comprehensive service dealing with all the legal formalities. We will:

Deal with your new mortgage company and mortgage adviser

Explain the terms of the mortgage offer

Pay off your existing mortgage

Register your new mortgage at the Land Registry

Work to a pre agreed timescale

A detailed example of the service we provide in relation to a Re-mortgage together with a sample cost estimate can be found here.

CLIENT COMMENTS:

“May I take this opportunity to thank you for the quick and proficient way you dealt with this sale.”

Residential Property Team

Charlotte joined Hayes + Storr in 2014 as Chartered Legal Executive and is based in our new Hunstanton office.

Charlotte has worked in a solicitors office since the age of 16. She began her career in Swaffham as a legal secretary and then moved to a firm in King's Lynn as a secretary to one of the partners with aspirations of becoming a legal executive in which she succeeded.

Charlotte qualified as a lawyer in 2007 and deals with all aspects of residential conveyancing.

Charlotte has always lived in the area and her local knowledge and long career in the law will be a great advantage in our new Hunstanton office.

Out of work Charlotte enjoys walking her dog, swimming, cycling, boxercise and escaping to a campsite with her husband and dog.

Debbie joined Hayes + Storr in October 2017 as a legal executive working in the property department. Her expertise covers all aspects of buying and selling residential property, and also includes advising landlords on Assured Shorthold Tenancies and their obligations to tenants.

Debbie graduated as a Legal Executive in 2005 and worked for ten years at Shelter, where she provided legal advice and advocacy on homelessness and housing issues. Debbie returned to conveyancing in June 2016 working in Lincolnshire before relocating back to Norfolk.

Debbie lives in Norfolk with her husband, two children and two dogs and loves being near the coast. She is Scout Secretary to her local Scout Group and enjoys helping out at their events in her spare time.

Jane-Louise joined Hayes + Storr in March 2011 as a lawyer in their Property Department and is based in their Holt office. Her expertise covers all aspects of Residential Property Law and Commercial Property but she has a particular specialism in new build properties and developments.

Jane-Louise has worked in property law for in excess of 20 years and was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2002, having worked as a Property Lawyer for several years prior to this.

Save for a few years “up North” in Sheffield, Jane-Louise has lived in Norfolk and loves the countryside and being near the Coast with her husband and daughter. She is a member of a local book group and enjoys reading and when times allow it, working on her allotment.

Jeremy joined Hayes and Storr in November 2015 having graduated from the University of East Anglia with an LLB (Hons) Law degree. He works in our Sheringham office concentrating on all aspects of Residential Property Law and Commercial Property.

Jeremy is a Graduate of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and intends to be accepted as a Fellow of CILEX in 2019.

Outside of work Jeremy is a keen sportsman and a member of various sports clubs in Norwich playing for both Swardeston Cricket Club and Norwich City Hockey Club.

After attending school in Holt, Jeremy lived in Oxford and New Zealand before returning to Norwich where he now lives with his fiancé Holly.

Jim joined Hayes + Storr in 2000 and became a partner in 2007. He is now the director responsible for the Holt office and is Head of the Property department.

Jim specialises in property law including agricultural, commercial and residential conveyancing.

Having gone to school in Paris, London and North Devon, Jim went on to study philosophy at Kings College London. He has a particular interest in ethical and political philosophy. He did a post graduate diploma in law at Kingston University before going on to the College of Law.

After leaving Law school Jim worked for the Hoxton Trust Legal Advice Service providing housing, benefits and immigration advice. He then went on to work as a political researcher for a local Norfolk MP. Jim got back into law working for a West End music and media law firm before joining Hayes + Storr.

Jim is a keen sportsman and plays hockey for Norwich City Hockey Club, cricket for the Nocturns and tennis at the Cromer Tennis Club. He sails on the Broads and is a member of the Norfolk Punt Owners’ Club. He also enjoys skiing and is a member of the Norfolk Ski Club.

Jim, who is married with four children, spent much of his childhood in Norfolk and now lives just outside of Holt.

Kerry Harbord (formerly Kerry Latimer) joined our busy conveyancing team in 2014 and is based at our Sheringham office. Kerry previously worked for ten years with a local firm.

Kerry has worked determinedly to progress her career beginning her employment as a junior secretary to having qualified as an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in September 2010, she continues to study hard outside of her full time employment, with a view to practising as a Fellow of CILEX in the near future.

Outside of work Kerry enjoys singing in her Church choir and travelling as much as she can. She also has a keen interest in Formula 1. Kerry was born in Norwich and lives with her husband and step-son in Aylsham.

Nic originally joined Hayes + Storr in November 2000 and specialises in Land Law and Conveyancing.

Having left Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, Nic worked for Norwich Union before joining Pearson & Starling Solicitors of King’s Lynn (now Fraser Dawbarns) specialising in Crown Court Criminal work and Police Station attendance. He then moved to another local firm of solicitors before joining Hayes + Storr's property team as a Chartered Legal Executive.

After leaving the firm briefly in 2014 after 14 years with the busy property department, Nic returned to the Hayes + Storr team in April 2015, this time as a Director and Head of the Property Department in our Fakenham and Wells offices.

Nic is well known and respected throughout the local area by both professionals and clients alike. More than 15 years of property experience teamed with his local knowledge makes Nic and excellent Conveyancer with a large repeat client base.

Nic is married with a family and in his spare time enjoys running, shooting, fishing, martial arts and scuba diving. Nic is often involved in raising money for charities and managed to raise over £5,000 for charity in 2012 by running the London Marathon.

Stephanie joined Hayes + Storr in July 2010 as a Solicitor. She specialises in Commercial and Residential Property Law and Conveyancing.

After studying Law with German in Leicester, Stephanie trained as a Solicitor in London and qualified in 2003. She then moved to Yorkshire to specialise in Property Law and practised in Leeds for some years before returning to her native East Anglia to join Hayes + Storr.

Stephanie is a keen walker and studies languages in her spare time. She also has an interest in medieval history.